The Killing got off to a good start, moody and with strong incidentals, such as Sarah's interrupting her run to go back home for a gun, to kill that poor suffering cow -- shows both her compassion and her ability to take action.

I'm sorry Matt Smith is leaving Doctor Who; I'd hoped for at least one more season from him. He's my second favorite Doctor, after Tom Baker.

Sorry to hear The Borgias is ending, but at $45 million per 10 episodes, it couldn't go on forever. Last night's episode had a powerful father/son scene (Jeremy Irons and François Arnaud) that the show has been building up to since the first season.

Yes, that was a strong scene. I've been growing increasingly impressed by Arnaud, whom I don't remember ever having seen before.

Well, King and Maxwell is glib and cliché-ridden, right down to guessing a computer password. I liked Jon Tenney better when he wasn't scruffy. Graceland might be okay, once it gets past its frat-boys-at-play bonding scenes. Major Crimes still has the Rusty blight, but the surprising thing about the first episode was the diminished nature of Sharon's role. Provenza looked more like the star than she did.